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Internet giants join human rights groups to champion online rights
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070120/bs_afp/uschinainternetrightscompanygoogleyahoomicrosoft2"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070120/capt.sge.kbz25.200107175259.photo00.photo.default-512x359.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=xkFUBdzcwkOZwyAuoE3AwQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Computer at an Internet cafe. Two US human rights groups have said they were working with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone to protect civil liberties online.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two US human rights groups have said they were working with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone to protect civil liberties online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft could launch Zune in Europe by end 2007
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070120/tc_nm/microsoft_zune_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.nybz10501191635.vista_changing_era_nybz105.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=ktww.rNz_pJ_01Axz.TKZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Microsoft's Windows '95 manuals await packaging at the software company's Canyon Park Manufacturing facility in a Redmond, Wash. file photo from Aug. 10, 1995. Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp. It's the first in several years, so the company plans an enormous marketing campaign to tout the software as a way to get more out of computers. (AP Photo/Robert Sorbo, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft corp. is
happy with the early sales of its Zune music player in the
United States and it could launch the service in Europe before
the end of 2007, its marketing director said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft-Nortel Take Aim At The Muddle That's 'Unified Communication'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - They've got new products and a clear road map. But Cisco and other formidable rivals are also on the path
Researcher: PatchGuard hotfix stitches up benefit to Microsoft
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has come under fire for quietly releasing a fix to its controversial PatchGuard kernel protection software in order to improve the performance of its Virtual Server 2005 product.
Tech firms, rights groups to form Web conduct code
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/wr_nm/internet_conduct_freespeech_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070119/2007_01_19t150758_450x305_us_internet_conduct_freespeech.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=agYAIExslxPy7m.mbacIiw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="An internet cafe in Hefei, capital of China's Anhui province, April 26, 2006. Technology companies Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Vodafone are in talks with human rights and press freedom groups to draw up an Internet code of conduct to protect free speech and privacy of Web users. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Technology companies Microsoft,
Google, Yahoo and Vodafone are in talks with human rights and
press freedom groups to draw up an Internet code of conduct to
protect free speech and privacy of Web users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft case lawyers claim violation
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_antitrust"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.nybz10501191635.vista_changing_era_nybz105.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=ktww.rNz_pJ_01Axz.TKZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Microsoft's Windows '95 manuals await packaging at the software company's Canyon Park Manufacturing facility in a Redmond, Wash. file photo from Aug. 10, 1995. Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp. It's the first in several years, so the company plans an enormous marketing campaign to tout the software as a way to get more out of computers. (AP Photo/Robert Sorbo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The plaintiffs in Iowa's class-action antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. claim they have uncovered information that indicates the software company is violating its 2002 agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.</p><br clear="all"/>
Numbers behind Windows 95, Vista
(AP)
AP - Some numbers behind Microsoft Corp.'s evolution from Windows 95 to this month's consumer release of Windows Vista:
Vista launch points to Microsoft changes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/vista_changing_era"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.nybz10501191635.vista_changing_era_nybz105.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=ktww.rNz_pJ_01Axz.TKZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Microsoft's Windows '95 manuals await packaging at the software company's Canyon Park Manufacturing facility in a Redmond, Wash. file photo from Aug. 10, 1995. Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp. It's the first in several years, so the company plans an enormous marketing campaign to tout the software as a way to get more out of computers. (AP Photo/Robert Sorbo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp. Long delayed, it's the first in several years, so the company plans an enormous marketing campaign to tout the software as a way to get more out of computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Issues Updated Excel Patches
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As Windows users await the release of Office 2007, Microsoft is cleaning up some old vulnerability issues with Excel. On Thursday, Microsoft issued a new set of patches to fix several remaining flaws in the popular spreadsheet application.
The Man Behind Microsoft's Expression
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Forest Key leads Microsoft's push into the design tools space with a new suite of tools.
Creators put politics into video games
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070121/ap_on_hi_te/opinion_games"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070121/capt.f4b79d615faa4ecfaf14ed6ff4186b4c.opinion_games_gagb101.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=0v2MwNIDyf_q_C1.v_G7Gw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Ian Bogost, a Georgia Tech professor, talks about some of the video games he creates for his quirky gaming company Persuasive Games, Monday, Dec. 18, 2006 in Atlanta, Ga. The Georgia Tech professor creates games, or 'playable editorial cartoons,' as he calls them, that are packed with a powerful political message instead of, well, amusement. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ian Bogost takes some of the fun out of video games — and replaces it with opinion. The Georgia Institute of Technology professor creates games — or "playable editorial cartoons," as he calls them — that are packed with political messages.</p><br clear="all"/>
Indies aim to grab share of online sales
(AP)
AP - Independent record labels behind artists like The White Stripes, Deep Purple and Arctic Monkeys announced a global deal Saturday to pool access to their catalogs, seeking to grab a bigger share of digital music sales from the major record companies.
Hackers attack Gorbachev's Web site
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_on_hi_te/russia_gorbachev"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070120/capt.ny11101201245.russia_gorbachev_hackers_ny111.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=oDWO_kO___afICJbAgEnig--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Mikhail Gorbachev is shown Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1999, in a hotel in Muenster, northern Germany. Hackers attacked the Web site of a foundation run by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, posting photographs of the suppressed rally on the Web site and published an open letter to the former leader, blaming him for the deaths of more 130 people _ a tragedy known in Azerbaijan as the Black January. The Web site was shut down later Saturday Jan. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hackers attacked the Web site of a foundation run by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, accusing him of brutally suppressing a pro-independence demonstration in Soviet Azerbaijan in 1990.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vista launch points to Microsoft changes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/vista_changing_era"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.nybz10501191635.vista_changing_era_nybz105.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=ktww.rNz_pJ_01Axz.TKZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Microsoft's Windows '95 manuals await packaging at the software company's Canyon Park Manufacturing facility in a Redmond, Wash. file photo from Aug. 10, 1995. Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp. It's the first in several years, so the company plans an enormous marketing campaign to tout the software as a way to get more out of computers. (AP Photo/Robert Sorbo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp. Long delayed, it's the first in several years, so the company plans an enormous marketing campaign to tout the software as a way to get more out of computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Numbers behind Windows 95, Vista
(AP)
AP - Some numbers behind Microsoft Corp.'s evolution from Windows 95 to this month's consumer release of Windows Vista:
Internet giants join human rights groups to champion online rights
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070120/tc_afp/uschinainternetrightscompanygoogleyahoomicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070120/capt.sge.kbx60.200107174149.photo00.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=hYI1dy5eZvgWdxwhsTKyfQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="People surf the Internet in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong province. Two US human rights groups have said they were working with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone to protect civil liberties online.(AFP/File/Frederic J Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two US human rights groups have said they were working with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone to protect civil liberties online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Downloads drive Detroit to update audio systems
(Reuters)
Reuters - Struggling U.S. auto
manufacturers are hoping music will do for them what it did for
Apple after the introduction of the iPod -- make them cool.
Heavy Discounting Of New BlackBerry Weighing On RIM
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The wave of cell phone price cuts already has hit Research in Motion's newest BlackBerry model, the Pearl.
Novell Launches Linux-vs.-Vista Comparison Site
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Novell has just launched a Vista/Linux comparison site, in anticipation of the Jan. 31 arrival of the retail version of Windows Vista.
The Truth About Software Security
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Outsourced service provides deep dive into security of software code.
Indies aim to grab share of online sales
(AP)
AP - Independent record labels behind artists like The White Stripes, Deep Purple and Arctic Monkeys announced a global deal Saturday to pool access to their catalogs, seeking to grab a bigger share of digital music sales from the major record companies.
Internet giants join human rights groups to champion online rights
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070120/tc_afp/uschinainternetrightscompanygoogleyahoomicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070120/capt.sge.kbx60.200107174149.photo00.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=hYI1dy5eZvgWdxwhsTKyfQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="People surf the Internet in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong province. Two US human rights groups have said they were working with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone to protect civil liberties online.(AFP/File/Frederic J Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two US human rights groups have said they were working with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone to protect civil liberties online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hackers attack Gorbachev's Web site
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_on_hi_te/russia_gorbachev"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070120/capt.ny11101201245.russia_gorbachev_hackers_ny111.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=oDWO_kO___afICJbAgEnig--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Mikhail Gorbachev is shown Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1999, in a hotel in Muenster, northern Germany. Hackers attacked the Web site of a foundation run by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, posting photographs of the suppressed rally on the Web site and published an open letter to the former leader, blaming him for the deaths of more 130 people _ a tragedy known in Azerbaijan as the Black January. The Web site was shut down later Saturday Jan. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hackers attacked the Web site of a foundation run by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, accusing him of brutally suppressing a pro-independence demonstration in Soviet Azerbaijan in 1990.</p><br clear="all"/>
Brit pop star Allen won't change for America
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070120/wr_nm/lily_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070120/2007_01_20t022538_278x450_us_lily.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=AM94puR1Krl705kyNN99og--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Singer Lily Allen is shown arriving at the GQ Man of the Year awards in London, in this September 5, 2006 file photo. Allen knows precisely where she was when she first realized her 'Smile' single was taking off in the United Kingdom: on the Internet. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pop singer Lily Allen knows
precisely where she was when she first realized her "Smile"
single was taking off in the United Kingdom: on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Macaca' Moments May Define 2008 Presidential Campaign
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Online video promises candidates immediacy and extended reach--and will amplify any unwitting mistakes
Controversial Google library project grows
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070119/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070120/capt.sge.jyf12.190107235810.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=hjgHeaGL6F.1BsAuF4LE6g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google announced that another major US college library had joined its controversial project to put the world's books online.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google announced that another major US college library had joined its controversial project to put the world's books online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Democratic House votes to protect interns
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives
voted on Friday to better protect its teenage interns in
response to an Internet sex scandal that helped Democrats win
control of the U.S. Congress last November.
Tech firms, rights groups to form Web conduct code
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/wr_nm/internet_conduct_freespeech_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070119/2007_01_19t150758_450x305_us_internet_conduct_freespeech.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=agYAIExslxPy7m.mbacIiw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="An internet cafe in Hefei, capital of China's Anhui province, April 26, 2006. Technology companies Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Vodafone are in talks with human rights and press freedom groups to draw up an Internet code of conduct to protect free speech and privacy of Web users. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Technology companies Microsoft,
Google, Yahoo and Vodafone are in talks with human rights and
press freedom groups to draw up an Internet code of conduct to
protect free speech and privacy of Web users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Belgian Newspapers Take On Yahoo
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A Belgian newspaper group wants Yahoo to take down links to its archived stories from its Internet search service, saying the postings infringe on copyright laws.
Alleged software pirate turns himself in to police
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A Pennsylvania man who allegedly sold pirated software and movies through a Web site has turned himself in to police, according to two trade groups.
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